Let’s both hold our
preliminary signal and not give a block or player control signal.
Make eye contact with each other.
Give the call to whoever has the primary coverage, unless you definitely have
something different that happened first.
Opposite signals: Assess both fouls. Count the basket if the ball was released
before the contact. Resume with the Point of Interruption.

Pass And Crash

Let’s have the Lead
official follow the pass, stay with the ball.
The Trail will be responsible for the crash.

Out-Of-Bounds Help

If I have no idea and I
look to you for help, just give a directional signal. No need to come to me.
Just point.
If I signal but I obviously get it wrong, just blow the whistle and signal the direction.
I will change it.

Press Coverage

Help each other. New
Lead will wait at midcourt.

Technical Fouls

If I T a coach, get me
away from the coach. The situation is heated and I don’t want to whack the
coach back-to-back. Let’s move away from the benches. Non calling official
should inform the coach that the coaching box privilege has been lost.

Let’s get together and make sure we administer the penalty or penalties
correctly and in the correct order and at the correct basket.

If one official issues a warning to somebody (player or coach), make sure the
other official knows. If I’ve already warned the coach, the coach shouldn’t get
a free shot at you.

Two-Point / Three-Point
Shot

If one official
incorrectly signals the number of points, the other official will simply blow
the whistle immediately, signal the correct number of points to the table, and
resume the game. We will only correct if we are 100% sure.

Goaltending And Basket
Interference

99% of the time, the
Trail will be responsible for the call.
Lead can help out on a quick shot in transition, when Trail hasn’t made it into
the frontcourt yet.
Let’s remember that it’s never basket interference or goaltending to slap the
backboard. Coaches and fans always want it, but we can’t award the points.

Last Shot

99% of the time, the
Trail will be responsible for the call.
Let’s both have an opinion, in case Trail’s not sure.
How will we handle a full-court pass when the Trail is stuck in the backcourt?

Foul Mechanics

Preliminary signal given
at spot of foul for all common fouls.
Calling official must designate throw-in spot or number of shots.
Noncalling official gets the shooter. If the ball enters the basket, inform
partner that ball went in.

Throw Ins

Ten players, eye
contact, check table, check clock.

Timeout Mechanics

When the ball is dead,
we must be alive.
Team calling timeout must have player dribbling or holding the ball.
Both officials must know the game situation when play resumes following a
timeout (team, direction, spot or run baseline, shooter, number of shots).
One official at the top of each circle keeping an eye on the teams.
When the 15 second horn sounds, go toward the huddle and say “1st horn” with 1
finger raised. Try to make eye contact with a coach or assistant coach.

Post Play

Let’s not allow a defender
to use a leg or knee to move a player off the block.
Let’s make sure the offensive player isn’t holding off the defender, or holding
him with his off-hand.
As Lead, let’s find the post matchup as soon as possible so that we get the
first foul.
Remember the RIDD’s. Don’t let players: Redirect, Impede, Displace, or
Dislodge.

Ball-Handler /
Hand-Checking

Two hands on the
ball-handler is a foul. Automatic.
One hand that stays on the dribbler is a foul.
Let’s not let a defender ride the dribbler as the ball is coming from backcourt
to frontcourt.
Remember SBQ. If the dribbler’s Speed, Balance, or Quickness are affected, we
should have a hand-checking, push or block foul.

Screens

We must work hard off
the ball.
In the first half especially, let’s clean up the screening action. The
screening action will be right in front of the defensive coach in the first
half, so if the coach sees an illegal screen, we should too.
In the second half, with the defensive coach 60 feet away, let’s be aware of
the screening, but we don’t need to focus quite as hard on it. If there’s an
obvious call to be made, let’s absolutely make it; but we won’t make it our
point of emphasis in the second half.

Consistency

Let’s see if we can call
the same game. Be consistent with each other.
Let’s try to remember what we’ve called earlier in the game, and what we
haven’t called. Be consistent with what has already happened in the game.
If I have a very close block/charge play and I call a blocking foul, then the
next time you have a similar block/charge play, you should have a blocking
foul.

Game Situation Awareness

One of us should quickly
check the clock after every whistle to make sure the clock stops properly.
One of us should check the clock every time it should start to make sure it
does so.
Let’s try to be aware of the foul count during the game. We don’t want to be
surprised when it’s time to shoot the bonus. If we know that the next foul will
result in bonus free throws, we’ll be more likely to remember our shooter.

Last Two Minutes

·We’re not calling anything in the last two minutes if we haven’t
already called it earlier in the game, unless it’s so blatant that it can’t be
ignored. We don’t want our first illegal screen to be called with 30 seconds
left in the game; but if the illegal screen puts a player into the first row of
the bleachers, then we have to call it.

·Let’s not put the whistles away in the last two minutes: That
wouldn’t be consistent with the way we’ve been calling the game. If the game
dictates it, let the players win or lose the game at the line. We don’t want to
be the ones who decide the game by ignoring obvious fouls just to get the game
over.

·End of game strategic fouls: If the winning team is just holding
the ball and is willing to take the free throws, then let’s call the foul
immediately, so the ball handler doesn’t get hit harder to draw a whistle.
Let’s make sure there is a play on the ball by the defense. If there’s no play
on the ball, if the defense grabs the jersey from behind, or if the ball handler
receives a bear hug, we should consider an intentional foul. These are not
basketball plays and should be penalized as intentional.